Friday, July 11, 2008

Well, it has been awhile since I last wrote! Our Sunday was uneventful and we left Monday at lunch for Louisville. John David was there for training until Wednesday and I tagged along! I did a little work, read, and went shopping while in Louisville. We arrived home Wednesday just in time for church.

Yesterday, I slept in! How nice! I left here around 11:30 and went to Penney's and Ross. I found several really great deals at Penney's! I bought John David a dress shirt and tie and two shirts for me for $13.90!! I was really excited!! At 1:30 I went to Jen Burns' house to sew!! She was teaching a lady from church how to sew and I brought my mending and a few projects to finish up! I had a really great time there! I got all of my mending done! And I finished this really cute bag that I began in March or April.

It is a canvas bag that I made. I hand stitched the recycling symbol on the front.

Close up of the stitching...it's not perfect, but that gives it character!!

Last night I had the desire to sew really bad so I decided to make myself a sun dress out of one of my cotton prints! I didn't get much done last night so my project today has been making this dress! I didn't have a pattern, I just used a little logic and measured myself as I went. I think it turned out pretty good, it is not perfect by any means but I like it!!

It really looks like a little girl's dress here!

Front view

Back view! I made the button holes by hand sewing them because my machine doesn't make button holes! It took a lot of time but they look pretty good and they work!

Well, tell me what you think, should I never wear it or should I wear it??

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I am a 22-year-old Christ Follower and stay at home wife who works part-time for Tennessee Farmers Cooperative in Communications. I also have a video netcast, Life:Frugal and Simple where I cover frugal and simple living topics!! I have been married three years to my love, John David! He is Media Director at our church and we are so thrilled that God is using his talents!! God has blessed our marriage and I am always in awe of his hand in our lives! We live a simple life and live frugally, which are the main themes of this blog. We are debt free, minus our home, and live under John David's income so I can stay home with our future little ones and so we can give and bless others!! We are excited about what the future has in store and how God is going to use us!!